Did former Congresswoman Liz Cheney write an open letter to the Democratic Party in April 2025, saying "I need more from you"? No, that's not true: The viral letter appeared in a Facebook group called "Liz Cheney/Adam Kinzinger Against Trump", which may have caused the confusion. The earliest available version was posted to that group by a user named Pru Lee, on April 15.
The lengthy post was attributed to Cheney in various posts in mid-April, 2025, including one on April 16 (archived here), which began:
Like her or not, former Congressperson Liz Cheney has a plan...and we're now all on the same side. She suggests actionable steps we MUST take to win our country back from the fascists.
From Liz Cheney:
Dear Democratic Party,
I need more from you.
You keep sending emails begging for $15,
while we're watching fascism consolidate power in real time.This administration is not simply "a different ideology."
It is a coordinated, authoritarian machine -- with the Supreme Court, the House, the Senate, and the executive pen all under its control.And you?
You're still asking for decorum and donations. WTF.
That won't save us.I don't want to hear another polite floor speech.
I want strategy.I want fire...
I want action so bold it shifts the damn news cycle -- not fits inside one.
This is what the post looked like at the time of writing:
(Source: Facebook screenshot)
Cheney, who was a U.S. representative for Wyoming from 2017 to 2023, and has emerged as a leading conservative critic of President Donald Trump, did not write or share the letter.
Her accounts on Facebook, X, Instagram, and Threads bore no trace whatsoever of the letter when Lead Stories searched them on April 17.
Rather, the open letter first came to prominence when it was posted to a Facebook group called Liz Cheney/Adam Kinzinger Against Trump, which is not formally affiliated with either individual. This may have initially given rise to the mistaken impression that Cheney herself had written the letter.
The earliest instance of the letter that we could find was the one posted to that group on April 15 by a user named Pru Lee:
(Source: Facebook screenshot)
